Do patient safety events increase readmissions?

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-590

  Friedman, Bernard ^a,b   Encinosa, William ^a   Jiang, H Joanna ^a   Mutter, Ryan ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital readmissions; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA BASE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549086980     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31819434da     Document Type: Article

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